HP LX195 - MediaSmart Server - 1 GB RAM User Manual page 144

HP MediaSmart Server User's Guide
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Defer the choice and be reminded later
If a security alert dialog box for an HP MediaSmart Server application or the Windows
Home Server is displayed by the firewall, click Unblock or Allow to permit the
application to execute. It is safe to unblock the communications because no connection or
communication with the Internet is enabled, only those between the server and its
software applications. After unblocking an application, if any software is reinstalled,
moved to a new disk location, or if the application is deleted from the exception list using
the Windows XP Security Center control panel, communications between that software
and the server may once again be blocked by the firewall.
Configure your firewall to allow any HP MediaSmart or Windows Home Server
applications.
What are Optimum Data Throughput Speeds for Different Network
Interfaces?
Depending on the network interface your computer uses, you will experience different
rates of data transfer to your server. Network Interfaces are described in terms of their
ideal maximum speed, but many factors can affect the actual data transfer speeds you will
experience. For example, your optimal wireless transfer speed will be reduced depending
on the type of security and encryption you have enabled on your wireless network and by
the amount of other work your computer and server are performing at the same time.
What are optimum data throughput speeds for different network interfaces?
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Gigabit Ethernet - 1000mbps/125MBs.
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Fast Ethernet - 100mbps/12.5MBs.
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Wireless N - 600mbps/75MBs.
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Wireless G - 54mbps/6.75MBs.
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Wireless A -54mbps/6.75MBs.
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Wireless B - 11mbps/1.375MBs.
What is the ideal minimum time to transfer a 1GB file for different network
interfaces?
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Gigabit Ethernet - 8s.
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Fast Ethernet - 1min 20s.
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Wireless N -13.3s.
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Wireless G - 2min 28s.
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Wireless A - 2min 28s.
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Wireless B -12min 7s.
Updating Your Firewall's Trusted Program List
The HP MediaSmart Server Software Installation Disc installs several programs that
enable your computer to communicate with the HP MediaSmart Server over your
network. Software firewalls installed on your computer can block this communication
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